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TV4 Entertainment Company Overview - 2014
1. Our Mission:
To program your passion with great
storytelling on every screen anywhere.
TOMORROW’S TELEVISION NETWORKS TODAY
Jon Cody, Founder
2. History of Television
• Online video is the 4th generation of television
in the U.S.
• Broadcast TV (3 Networks)
Cable TV
(30 Networks)
Pay TV (300 Networks)
• Broadband TV has capacity for thousands of
networks
• The Opportunity: Few quality networks in a
handful of major categories exist today
BROADCAST TV
3 CHANNELS
CABLE TV
30 CHANNELS
PAY TV
300 CHANNELS
BROADBAND TV
1950s
1970s
1990s
TODAY
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3,000 CHANNELS
3. The Problem
THE GOOD: $14B in worldwide revenue in 2013 will grow to $35B in 2018
THE BAD: “The Future for New Hollywood is Frighteningly Unclear” (Business Insider, Aug. 29, 2013)
Quality-Content
Owners
Broadband TV
Distributors
Starved for distribution
Need for quality content
Shut out of traditional TV
Multiple business models and
territories
Confounded by digital
VIEWERS
Traditional TV costly and
restrictive
Chaotic online landscape
Discoverability
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Discoverability
4. Clarity to Chaos
Portfolio of genre-specific Broadband Television
networks.
Partner Portal
Reporting
• Target genres with passionate, worldwide
audiences, poorly served by traditional TV
Asset Management
Content
Management
System
Asset
Upload
AWS
Storage &
Encoding
Channel Brands
• License high-quality video (100-200 hrs/year per
network) and curate video under recognizable
network brands
Analytics
Content Delivery
APIs with
Distribution
Partners
AWS Cloud
Front
Monetization
Ad
Server
Commerce
Engine
• Super-distribute networks across web and mobile
(O&O properties and distribution partners).
• IP ownership of original content on networks
• Empowers content owners with complete creative
and distribution control.
Apps
Players
Sites
Distribution Partners
MONITOR
• Deep viewership analytics across the distribution
network optimizes views and monetization.
• Proprietary platform provides automated
management and maintenance from a portal.
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MANAGE
5. Proven Management Team
JON CODY
Founder; CEO
HUNG TRAN
Head of Product
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CTO Machinima
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17 years of development
/ product experience
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Architect of US broadband
policy (FCC Chair Powell)
NICK TURNER
Founding Partner;
Head of Content
VEVO Launch Team
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SVP, Fox Digital Media
SVP Digital,
Relativity Media
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Launch GM, Hulu
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JOE DEVON /
ROB CUADRA
Founding Partners;
CIO/CTO
Drummer, Lords of
the New Church
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35 years combined
development experience
•
Co-founders, Diamond
Web Services
REBECCA AVERY
Head of Content Operations
ERIK STONE
Content Acquisition
PAUL DUDDRIDGE
Head of Entertainment
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Addy award commercial
copyrighter and producer
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Head of Reality TV, ROAR
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Head of Digital, Ovation
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Executive produced “Remodeled”
for the CW / Sony Television
Writer/director of feature,
“Mothers Day” (Susan Sarandon,
Christina Ricci, Sharon Stone)
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Former top UK talent agent/producer
CHRIS SLINGER
Operations; Distribution
MICHAEL HAUGH
Finance; Analytics
ADAM LEVERMORE
Design; Branding
DAVID HLEBO
Music Director
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Co-founder, End of Retail
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12 years investment
banking & private equity
Award-winning production
and graphic design
Film and television
composure
•
Graphic designer for
Emmy-winning “Lizzie
Bennet Diaries” series.
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Exclusively featured in
virtually every movie trailer
and TV ad for The Hunger
Games: Catching Fire
15 years finance,
business operations
and strategic planning
with Fox, HBO, Disney
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6. Traction
Network Partners:
5
Television Four Networks
LIVE
COMING
Content Partners:
50+
Strong Pipelines
(Networks / Content /
Distribution)
Hours Licensed:
5000+
Distribution
LIVE
COMING
EdgeTV
Undisputed
Champion Network
Dance Arts
Network
SpyWorldTV
Dictators TV
Automotive
Classic Sports
Throwback
Television
Viewership
• Streams: 300K
• 67 days to 100K
• 37 days to 200K
• 27 days to 300K
• Minutes per Stream: 28.2
• Avg. Viewthrough: 66%
• Revenue: ~$0.10/stream
Asset Ownership
NETWORK OWNERSHIP
50–100% of each network in portfolio
ORIGINAL CONTENT OWNERSHIP
MUSIC LIBRARY OWNERSHIP
McKenna: 15% ownership; Series
sold to Channel 5 (UK)
Publishing rights to highquality original music library
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